The power of many....

The Power of Many.....

I am not in a Mastermind group, for those of you familiar with Napoleon Hill and his work on this fascinating field of work.

I have never been involved in group dynamics like I was just a few days ago in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I was down in Vegas on Business. I know what you're saying and thinking...who goes to Vegas on business?

Well, lets just say mostly business and leave it at that.

There was a Costume contest that I happened to win, but that is for another day....

We had the pleasure of listening to Doug Bolger. For those unfamiliar with his work or what he does, here is a link to his website. http://ilearn2.com/  . He has worked with a vast array of groups including Tiger Woods and more recently helping the Canadian Olympic committee formulate its strategy to win more medals at the recently concluded Olympics in Vancouver.

An absolutely amazing individual.

Needless to say there were at least 150 of us in the room.

We wandered around the room doing various vague and unique assignments in random groups chosen by chance.

One of the exercises we did I wanted to write and portray to you today. The reason is because it absolutely blew my mind.

We were put into a group of 8 people. None of knew the other any better than the rest. We came from different parts of the country and or Province in some cases.

We were given the task of verbalizing the Alphabet, A-Z orally, with only one person saying one letter and then someone the next and so on until complete. If letters were doubled up, in other words 2 people said the same ones, you started over.

His clue to us was this...."Close your eyes and it becomes easier..."

So we did.

We stood shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm, eyes closed, in silence.

It took us about 5 minutes, but we got the feeling.

I can't explain it.

I am struggling to even commit my thoughts to this on what happened.

But here it is in my own words.

After a few mistakes and getting no further than the Letter "F", we made the transition.

The transition from individuals to a group. From many to one. From the 8 of us, into one like minded group.

There was an energy I cannot place my finger on that we all felt. Everyone took their turn and we didn't miss a beat.

There were sometimes pauses of 20 seconds or more while we each awaited our turn, not ever knowing when it would be.

We had to feel when it was our turn.

I was blown away. Not only did we accomplish it that once. We did it again without failure.

No patterns....No pre-determined path around the circle.

Just a feeling and go with it.

It just goes to show, that with a quick pause, a deep breath, true attention to what is happening in the now, you can accomplish what you put your collective minds to.

I wish I had some of this on my website to share, but I do not. What I do have is this. A collection of information put forth by a group similar to the one in which I just described. Feel free to click through and see...   www.kevynoyhenart.ca

Until tomorrow....

Kevyn